Advanced Essay #1: Ordinary?
Boubou Magassa Intro
My name is Boubou Magassa. I wanted to make people understand the importance of ordinary things. Because things like sand, wood, and water many people are under appreciated. Simple objects like these can be changed into glass, houses, and tables. I want to prove that nothing in this world is simple.
In this world, there are a lot of machines that are considered “ORDINARY,” but are they really? Because of these incredible machines, we as humans are able to live life to the fullest and they make it easier. There are a lot of people that use vehicles and other forms of transportation. The machines that most people consider ordinary are actually complex. The simple components of these machines are what make them complex because they can be able to have multiple purposes.
As I opened my front door, I heard banging and drilling. I thought the day would be just the same as any other day! Me sitting alone and doing homework. I then swung the door open and locked it behind. As I walk in, I see many men covered in dust as if they used sawdust instead of confetti. They continued their work as I walked to the kitchen. I saw my countertop gone. It had been removed. I place where I used to fall, stub my toes, and cut myself. When I turned to the man who looked like he was in charge. “What are you doing,” I said. He looked at me confused and said. “We are remodeling your kitchen.” I had then remembered my mom telling me about that. “Okay, so that is today.” The men then brought a beautiful granite countertop that just shined in the light. From that day on I used my countertop for everything from cooking to cleaning.
My countertop is something very ordinary because every house has one. To me, my countertop is a work of art. My countertop is used for everything. I appreciate it because it has its purposes but, it is also a beautiful work of art. It's pleasing to the eyes and makes you want to view nature. Rock has a very long and structured history in our world. Rock was used for weapons, crafting, and hunting. For millions of years, rocks were needed to maintain life on earth.
Another memory about an ordinary object I appreciated was a bike. It was a boring summer day of my middle school career. I and my brothers were watching a cheesy horror movie called Mega Piranha on Syfy but then my brother got a call. It was from my Mom. “Baba, bring a hammer to the salon,” she said. “Okay.” My brother had then gone to go get his things ready. Then I and my other brothers asked: “Can we go to?”. My brother had then replied with a “Fine but, hurry up.” As we heard those words leave his mouth. We charged upstairs on the hunt for some clothes. After 10 minutes of our successful hunt we were ready. We had gotten our bikes and were ready to set off on our journey. We started to ride to South Philly. The ride wasn't too long maybe 45 minutes to 1 hour. When we finally got there. “Oh, there you are. Thank you.” said my Mom We were exhausted and also happy to see our mother happy. My Dad had then came out of the shop. “ WOW, you guys rode your bikes all the way here,” My Dad said.
“Thank you very much for helping us.” My Dad said. “No problem at all.” Me and my brothers replied. Soon after, we had rode our bikes home to go find another cheesy movie to watch.
A bike is a great simple machine. When a person needs to get around they are able to use these simple machines to travel easy. If there is traffic a bike could have easily gotten past it . The bike also slows down the processes of global warming. All of these amazing things done by one simple and ordinary machine. This ordinary machine like a bike also saves people lots and lots of money. On average a person with a car uses 558 gallons of gasoline which adds up to a total of $2,120.40. And a whooping $545.70 go straight the government. These ordinary machines saves us 2,000+ dollars a year. Bikes are no way in hell ordinary.
What is “ordinary”? I hope after reading this that you have come to a conclusion that there is no thing called ordinary because all ordinary thing as actually really complex. Here is a quote that I was told before “There is no thing as nothing because if you are doing nothing then you are still doing something because, that something is nothing.” Things are not as they seem when you look at them in a different light. Something like a table. Which is considered ordinary took years and years to be perfected into what it is today. There and coffee tables, desks, and many more types of tables. Then why is it considered ordinary because it is commonly seen everywhere. Then if that were true wouldn’t that mean that humans are ordinary. Then why do we say we are a special and unique. That is because “ordinary is “special and unique”.
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